英语听力精选进阶版 6571

Neil: Welcome to another Real English programme from BBC Learning¹ English. I’m Neil and with me today is Yang Li.

Yang Li: 大家好，在今天的地道英语节目中我们一起学习成语，是吗 Neil?

Neil: Yes we are, and that idiom is – pigs… might… fly. Pigs might fly.

Yang Li: 字面意思是说猪可能会飞。可是我就不明白了，猪压根儿不会飞，那这儿为什么说猪可能会飞呢？

Neil: Well, that’s exactly it Yang Li, pigs don’t fly. So we say ‘pigs might fly’ when there is no chance of something happening at all.

Yang Li: Ah 我明白了。在英语里，当我们想表达一件不可能发生的事情时，就可以用 pigs might fly 这个成语。能给我们举些例子吗？

Neil: Of course. Say for example you’re running a marathon for the first time and you’re not a very confident runner. A friend says to you – how long do you think it will take? Four hours? You would say – and pigs might fly because you know there is no chance of that happening.

Yang Li: 如果你不是一个非常擅长长跑的人，你决定参加马拉松，一个朋友说你在四个小时内可以跑完，这时你就可以说 pigs might fly；也就是说绝对不可能！

Neil: Here are some more examples.

Example

A: I bought a lottery² ticket yesterday.

B: Just think, you could buy a new sports car.

A: And I’d buy a house in Hawaii... and pigs might fly!

A: Look... Brad Pitt…he is just gorgeous³.

B: Why can’t a man like that ask us on a date?

A: Yeah pigs might fly!

Yang Li: Neil 其实汉语里我们也有一个相似的表达，太阳从西边出来了！因为太阳永远不会从西边出来！

Neil: Ah interesting. I am enjoying learning Chinese, you know?

Yang Li: But how is it going? Are you fluent yet?

Neil: Ha, pigs might fly! Anyway, that’s today’s idiom – pigs might fly.

Yang Li: 太阳从西边出来了！要想学到更多地道的英语常用表达和短语，都可以登陆BBC英语教学的网站， www.bbcchina.com.cn 感谢收听，下次再见！

Neil: Bye.

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！